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Research in Potsdam

Science Explorer records 25 research institutions in Potsdam, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Potsdam, University of Applied Sciences Potsdam and Klinikum Ernst von Bergmann.

Research institutions
25
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
54k
▼ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.8M
33.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
25.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Potsdam

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Potsdam?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of PotsdamUniversity 24,366 #481
2University of Applied Sciences PotsdamUniversity 1,281 #3,298
3Klinikum Ernst von BergmannHospital / health system 520 #19,115
4Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLFUniversity 388 #19,224
5Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der BundeswehrResearch facility 246 #21,909
6Haut- und Lasercentrum PotsdamNonprofit 103 not ranked
7Friedrich Naumann FoundationNonprofit 53 not ranked
8Institute of Inland Fisheries in Potsdam-SacrowResearch facility 51 not ranked
9Schiffbau-Versuchsanstalt Potsdam (Germany)Company 43 not ranked
10International Union of Geodesy and GeophysicsNonprofit 27 not ranked
11Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin BrandenburgArchive 27 not ranked
12Fachhochschule Clara Hoffbauer PotsdamUniversity 22 not ranked
13German Broadcasting ArchiveNonprofit 20 not ranked
14Forschungsinstitut für Denkmalpflege und ArchäometrieArchive 14 not ranked
15GILUPI (Germany)Company 12 not ranked
16Collective Leadership InstituteNonprofit 8 not ranked
17IfG.Research - The Institute for eGovernmentInstitution 5 not ranked
18Dialysezentrum PotsdamResearch facility 4 not ranked
19Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und KulturGovernment institution 3 not ranked
20Brandenburg Institute for Society and SecurityNonprofit 2 not ranked
21Bibliothek des Wissenschaftsparks Albert EinsteinArchive 2 not ranked
22Brandenburg Main State ArchiveArchive 1 not ranked
23Medienboard Berlin-BrandenburgInstitution 0 not ranked
24Institut für Fortbildung, Forschung und EntwicklungNonprofit 0 not ranked
25ZukunftsAgentur BrandenburgInstitution 0 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

University of Potsdam: 89.6%University of Applied Sciences Potsdam: 4.7%Klinikum Ernst von Bergmann: 1.9%Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF: 1.4%18 others listed: 2.4%90%largest
University of Potsdam24k · 89.6%University of Applied Sciences Potsdam1,281 · 4.7%Klinikum Ernst von Bergmann520 · 1.9%Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF388 · 1.4%18 others listed643 · 2.4%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Potsdam work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research in Potsdam is in Physical Sciences, 30% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (14%), Environmental Science (10%), Computer Science (9%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 5,381 fractional works · 50.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1,021 fractional works · 9.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 320 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEcology: 173 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 149 fractional works · 1.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 74 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 69 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 67 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 58 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 963 fractional works · 9.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 360 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInformation Systems: 134 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 133 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 87 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 60 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 58 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 937 fractional works · 8.7% of its workGeophysics: 445 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 247 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOceanography: 105 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 886 fractional works · 8.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 179 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 152 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 99 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 76 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 65 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 60 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 46 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 863 fractional works · 8.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 503 fractional works · 4.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 107 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 96 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 80 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInstrumentation: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 257 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 125 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomaterials: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 167 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 78 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 135 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematical Physics: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 130 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 116 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 3,202 fractional works · 29.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,520 fractional works · 14.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 601 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 350 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEducation: 165 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLaw: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 106 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 640 fractional works · 6.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 141 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 127 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 111 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 62 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReligious studies: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 465 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 144 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 107 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 94 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 85 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 272 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 72 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 64 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 46 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 178 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 152 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 126 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 57 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 50 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1,307 fractional works · 12.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 623 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 426 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGenetics: 59 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 72 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 471 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPlant Science: 249 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 67 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 50 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 172 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 126 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 12 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 832 fractional works · 7.8% of its workMedicine: 622 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 75 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 68 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 58 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 204 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 154 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 98 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKPotsdam11kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences50%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences30%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1,0219.5%
    2. Computer Science9639.0%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences9378.7%
    4. Engineering8868.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy8638.0%
    6. Materials Science2572.4%
    7. Chemistry1671.6%
    8. Mathematics1351.3%
    9. Energy1301.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering220.2%
  2. Social Sciences3,20229.9%
    1. Social Sciences1,52014.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities6406.0%
    3. Psychology4654.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting2722.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1781.7%
    6. Decision Sciences1261.2%
  3. Life Sciences1,30712.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6235.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4714.4%
    3. Neuroscience1721.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology290.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics120.1%
    1. Medicine6225.8%
    2. Health Professions1541.4%
    3. Nursing450.4%
    4. Veterinary60.1%
    5. Dentistry50.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Potsdam strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Potsdam is most concentrated in Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Instrumentation (10.9× the world share in Geophysics).

  1. GeophysicsSubfield · 348.1 works11×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 421.2 works8.9×
  3. InstrumentationSubfield · 33.8 works7.4×
  4. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 721.0 works5.0×
  5. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 185.9 works4.6×
  6. Physics and AstronomyField · 718.6 works3.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 400 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.10× its world share, 534 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.27× its world share, 25 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.02× its world share, 151 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.61× its world share, 20 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.07× its world share, 153 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.15× its world share, 820 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.03× its world share, 721 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.32× its world share, 110 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.56× its world share, 771 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.78× its world share, 806 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.72× its world share, 230 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.12× its world share, 120 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.53× its world share, 719 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.53× its world share, 129 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 537 worksMedicineNursing: 0.86× its world share, 39 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.44× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.12× its world share, 559 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.84× its world share, 246 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 97 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.84× its world share, 165 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.46× its world share, 408 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 1,361 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences5.03×721 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy3.53×719 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.12×559 works
  4. Environmental Science1.78×806 works
  5. Psychology1.46×408 works
  6. Energy1.32×110 works
  7. Social Sciences1.18×1,361 works
  8. Computer Science1.15×820 works
  9. Mathematics1.12×120 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.10×534 works
  11. Decision Sciences1.10×97 works
  12. Chemistry1.07×153 works
  13. Neuroscience1.02×151 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.92×400 works
  15. Nursing0.86×39 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.84×246 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.84×165 works
  18. Materials Science0.72×230 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.61×20 works
  20. Engineering0.56×771 works
  21. Health Professions0.53×129 works
  22. Veterinary0.44×6 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.34×11 works
  24. Medicine0.31×537 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.27×25 works
  26. Dentistry0.10×4 works

Which keywords describe research in Potsdam?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Hydrological Modeling, Geodetic Measurements, Global Warming, Plate Tectonics, Subduction and Governance.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change890▲ 3.0×106 topics
  2. Machine Learning365◆ 1.02×79 topics
  3. Remote Sensing341▲ 2.6×35 topics
  4. Sustainability270◆ 1.03×96 topics
  5. Global Warming219▲ 4.8×14 topics
  6. Hydrological Modeling197▲ 7.7×5 topics
  7. Geodetic Measurements181▲ 16×2 topics
  8. Identity179▲ 2.3×61 topics
  9. Gender178▲ 3.1×47 topics
  10. Plate Tectonics174▲ 11×3 topics
  11. Governance170▲ 4.9×15 topics
  12. Ethics142▲ 2.6×40 topics
  13. Subduction140▲ 18×3 topics
  14. Greenhouse Gas Emissions129▲ 4.3×8 topics
  15. Gravitational Waves128▲ 21×2 topics
  16. Tectonics127▲ 9.9×3 topics
  17. Tomography124▲ 6.5×5 topics
  18. Sea Level Rise122▲ 9.0×3 topics
  19. Earthquakes120▲ 20×1 topic
  20. Plate Boundaries120▲ 20×1 topic
  21. Black Holes103▲ 9.9×3 topics
  22. Thermodynamic Modeling101▲ 8.3×4 topics
  23. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse96▲ 23×2 topics
  24. Geochronology96▲ 13×1 topic
  25. Zircon96▲ 13×1 topic
  26. Supernovae92▲ 11×2 topics
  27. Solar Wind90▲ 9.2×2 topics
  28. Paleoclimatology88▲ 9.8×2 topics
  29. Complex Systems87▲ 7.7×7 topics
  30. Hydrology87▲ 6.3×4 topics
  31. Holocene84▲ 7.0×3 topics
  32. Sea Level81▲ 8.2×2 topics
  33. Equation of State80▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Binary Black Hole78▲ 24×1 topic
  35. Neutron Star78▲ 24×1 topic
  36. Solar Influence76▲ 10×2 topics
  37. Glacial Cycles75▲ 11×1 topic
  38. Monsoon Dynamics75▲ 11×1 topic
  39. Bildungsungleichheit74▲ 25×1 topic
  40. Ethnografisches Schreiben74▲ 25×1 topic

What research is done in Potsdam?

earthquake and tectonic …95earthquake and tectonic studies: 95 fractional worksGeological and Geochemic…76Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 76 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 72 fractional worksPulsars and Gravitationa…70Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research: 70 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimato…60Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 60 fractional worksHigh-pressure geophysics and materials: 54 fractional worksPublic Administration and Political Analysis: 52 fractional worksEuropean history and pol…52European history and politics: 52 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity Measurements: 50 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 49 fractional works
GeophysicsSociology and Political ScienceAstronomy and AstrophysicsAtmospheric Science3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 95 works
  2. 2 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 76 works
  3. 3 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 72 works
  4. 4 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 70 works
  5. 5 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 60 works
  6. 6 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 54 works
  7. 7 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 52 works
  8. 8 European history and politics Political Science and International Relations 52 works
  9. 9 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 50 works
  10. 10 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 49 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%Potsdam23.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 36.6% in 2016.

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